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  • website

    The Haiku website. (Pull requests are accepted; please file issues at https://dev.haiku-os.org). (by haiku)

    • Have you checked out Haiku? It's so delightfully early 2000s.

  • caja

    Caja, the file manager for the MATE desktop (by mate-desktop)

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  • cagebreak

    Cagebreak: A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison

    • There's also a Wayland WM directly inspired by ratpoison! https://github.com/project-repo/cagebreak

  • gtk-theme-raleigh

    A GTK+ 3 version of the old Raleigh theme for GTK+ 2

    • Try the gtk-theme-raleigh for a bit of nostalgia.

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